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{{Short description|French mathematics professor and amateur astronomer}}
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|+ [[Minor planet]]s discovered: 35<ref name="MPC-Discoverers" />
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| ''see {{section link||List of discovered minor planets}}''
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|+ [[Supernova]]e discovered: 2
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| [[SN 2000B]] || 17 January 2000 || [https://sne.space/sne/SN2000B/ Src] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308223947/https://sne.space/sne/SN2000B/ |date=2017-03-08 }}
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| [[SN 2001dd]] || 14 July 2001 || [https://sne.space/sne/SN2001dd/ Src] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308222345/https://sne.space/sne/SN2001dd/ |date=2017-03-08 }}
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'''Pierre Antonini''' is a retired [[France|French]] mathematics professor and [[amateur astronomer]] who has discovered several [[minor planet]]s and two [[supernovae]] at his private [[Observatoire de Bédoin]] (Bedoin Observatory; observatory code: [[IAU code#100–199|132]]) located at [[Bédoin]], southeastern France. For many of his discoveries he used a 16-cm telescope or a 30-cm telescope.<ref name="springer" />

He is a prolific discoverer of [[asteroid]]s. The [[Minor Planet Center]] (MPC) credits him with the discovery of 35 numbered minor planets between 1997 and 1999. As of March 2016, the MPC ranks him 204th in the all-time, top-astronomer chart by number of discovered bodies.<ref name="MPC-Discoverers" /> Antonini is also credited with the discovery of the supernovae {{nobr|SN 2000B}} and {{nobr|SN 2001dd}}.<ref name="IAUC-7347" /><ref name="IAUC-7663" /> In January 2004, he co-discovered a [[minor-planet moon]] orbiting the main-belt asteroid [[1089 Tama]].<ref name="IAUC-8265" />

The 7-kilometer sized main-belt asteroid [[12580 Antonini]], discovered by Laurent Bernasconi in 1999, was named in his honour.<ref name="springer" /><ref name="MPC-Antonini" />

== List of discovered minor planets ==
{{See also|Category: Discoveries by Pierre Antonini}}

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| [[10925 Ventoux]] || 28 January 1998|| {{small|{{LoMP|10925|list}}}}
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| [[11147 Delmas]] || 6 December 1997|| {{small|{{LoMP|11147|list}}}}
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| [[11675 Billboyle]] || 15 February 1998|| {{small|{{LoMP|11675|list}}}}
|-
| [[13411 OLRAP]] || 31 October 1999|| {{small|{{LoMP|13411|list}}}}
|-
| [[14533 Roy]] || 24 August 1997|| {{small|{{LoMP|14533|list}}}}
|-
| [[15899 Silvain]] || 3 September 1997|| {{small|{{LoMP|15899|list}}}}
|-
| [[16892 Vaissière]] || 17 February 1998|| {{small|{{LoMP|16892|list}}}}
|-
| [[20242 Sagot]] || 27 February 1998|| {{small|{{LoMP|20242|list}}}}
|-
| {{mp|(23784) 1998 QW|15}} || 22 August 1998|| {{small|{{LoMP|23784|list}}}}
|-
| {{mp|(24170) 1999 WB|13}} || 29 November 1999|| {{small|{{LoMP|24170|list}}}}
|-
| {{mp|(26206) 1997 PJ|4}} || 11 August 1997|| {{small|{{LoMP|26206|list}}}}
|-
| {{mp|(26961) 1997 OY|1}} || 29 July 1997|| {{small|{{LoMP|26961|list}}}}
|}
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|-
| {{mp|(26979) 1997 UR|9}} || 29 October 1997|| {{small|{{LoMP|26979|list}}}}
|-
| {{mp|(28021) 1998 BP|6}} || 22 January 1998|| {{small|{{LoMP|28021|list}}}}
|-
| {{mp|(29677) 1998 XL|17}} || 15 December 1998|| {{small|{{LoMP|29677|list}}}}
|-
| {{mp|(31223) 1998 BJ|30}} || 28 January 1998|| {{small|{{LoMP|31223|list}}}}
|-
| {{mp|(31255) 1998 DL|27}} || 27 February 1998|| {{small|{{LoMP|31255|list}}}}
|-
| {{mp|(33094) 1997 YG|5}} || 23 December 1997|| {{small|{{LoMP|33094|list}}}}
|-
| {{mp|(35675) 1998 XK|17}} || 15 December 1998|| {{small|{{LoMP|35675|list}}}}
|-
| {{mp|(37838) 1998 DF}} || 17 February 1998|| {{small|{{LoMP|37838|list}}}}
|-
| {{mp|(39868) 1998 DM|27}} || 27 February 1998|| {{small|{{LoMP|39868|list}}}}
|-
| {{mp|(40765) 1999 TF|16}} || 10 October 1999|| {{small|{{LoMP|40765|list}}}}
|-
| {{mp|(41207) 1999 WK|9}} || 29 November 1999|| {{small|{{LoMP|41207|list}}}}
|-
| {{mp|(46772) 1998 HD|8}} || 21 April 1998|| {{small|{{LoMP|46772|list}}}}
|}
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| {{mp|(52585) 1997 ON|2}} || 29 July 1997|| {{small|{{LoMP|52585|list}}}}
|-
| {{mp|(58669) 1997 YF|5}} || 20 December 1997|| {{small|{{LoMP|58669|list}}}}
|-
| {{mp|(65892) 1998 BH|30}} || 28 January 1998|| {{small|{{LoMP|65892|list}}}}
|-
| {{mp|(66849) 1999 VM|8}} || 4 November 1999|| {{small|{{LoMP|66849|list}}}}
|-
| {{mp|(74378) 1998 XH|11}} || 8 December 1998|| {{small|{{LoMP|74378|list}}}}
|-
| {{mp|(79426) 1997 QZ}} || 24 August 1997|| {{small|{{LoMP|79426|list}}}}
|-
| {{mp|(90983) 1997 XU|5}} || 6 December 1997|| {{small|{{LoMP|90983|list}}}}
|-
| {{mp|(96343) 1997 RS|1}} || 3 September 1997|| {{small|{{LoMP|96343|list}}}}
|-
| {{mp|(100546) 1997 EU|32}} || 13 March 1997|| {{small|{{LoMP|100546|list}}}}
|-
| {{mp|(100977) 1998 QJ|26}} || 25 August 1998|| {{small|{{LoMP|100977|list}}}}
|-
| {{mp|(155437) 1998 DE}} || 17 February 1998|| {{small|{{LoMP|155437|list}}}}
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! colspan=3 style="font-size: smaller; font-weight: normal; padding-left: 12px; text-align: left;" | none was co-discovered
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== See also ==
* [[International Astronomical Union Circular]]
* [[List of French astronomers]]
* [[List of minor planet discoverers]]

== References ==
{{reflist|refs=

<ref name="springer">{{cite book
  |last       = Schmadel | first = Lutz D.
  |title = Dictionary of Minor Planet Names |publisher  = Springer Berlin Heidelberg
  |page       = 786
  |date       = 2007
  |isbn       = 978-3-540-00238-3
  |doi       = 10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_8649 |chapter       = (12580) Antonini }}</ref>

<ref name="MPC-Discoverers">{{cite web
  |title      = Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)
  |work       = Minor Planet Center
  |url        = http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/MPDiscsNum.html
  |date       = 4 September 2016
  |access-date = 23 September 2016}}</ref>

<ref name="IAUC-7347">{{cite web
  |url        = http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iauc/07300/07347.html
  |title      = IAUC 7347: 2000B; PSR 0833-45; 1999gh, 1999gk, 1999gm, 1999gn, 1999gq
  |work       = IAU Circular |volume=7347
  |publisher  = [[Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams]]
  |date       = 17 January 2000
  |access-date = 28 February 2016}}</ref>

<ref name="IAUC-7663">{{cite web
  |url        = http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iauc/07600/07663.html
  |title      = IAUC 7663: 2001dd; 2001cz; 2001bs
  |work       = IAU Circular |volume=7663
  |publisher  = Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
  |date       = 2001-07-14
  |access-date = 28 February 2016}}</ref>

<ref name="MPC-Antonini">{{cite web
  |title      = 12580 Antonini (1999 RM33)
  |work       = Minor Planet Center
  |url        = http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=12580
  |access-date = 28 February 2016}}</ref>

<ref name="IAUC-8265">{{cite web
  |url        = http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iauc/08200/08265.html
  |title      = IAUC 8265: 2004A; (1089)
  |work       = IAU Circular |volume=8265
  |publisher  = Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
  |date       = 2004-01-10
  |access-date = 20 April 2016}}</ref>

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== External links ==
* [http://www.astrosurf.com/snweb/2000/00B_/00B_Imag.htm SN 2000B], images by P. Antonini

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